{"id":666,"date":"2017-03-15T10:07:18","date_gmt":"2017-03-15T10:07:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/monaghan.ie\/museum\/?p=666"},"modified":"2017-08-03T17:14:12","modified_gmt":"2017-08-03T16:14:12","slug":"the-watchmen-policing-crime-and-punishment-in-monaghan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/monaghan.ie\/museum\/2017\/03\/15\/the-watchmen-policing-crime-and-punishment-in-monaghan\/","title":{"rendered":"The Watchmen \u2013 Policing, Crime and Punishment in Monaghan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-663 size-medium alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/monaghan.ie\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/11\/The-Watchmen-212x300.jpg\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" \/><strong>The Watchmen \u2013 Policing, Crime and Punishment in Monaghan<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the last two centuries of Monaghan\u2019s history there have always been criminals and the terrible crimes they committed. These people have tried to avoid, outwit or outrun the men and women whose job it is to maintain law and order in the region. \u00a0Monaghan County Museum\u2019s new exhibition, The Watchmen, tells the dramatic story of a place where the police, the criminals they sought and the eventual punishment that many of these desperate people received has been etched into the cultural memory of the county.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/monaghan.ie\/museum\/exhibitions\/\">Exhibitions<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Watchmen \u2013 Policing, Crime and Punishment in Monaghan In the last two centuries of Monaghan\u2019s history there have always been criminals and the terrible crimes they committed. 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